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Bite Off

Definition: Bite Off

Bite Off

Verb

1. Bite off with a quick bite; "The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Bite Off

Synonym: snap at (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Bite Off

English words defined with "bite off": biteKnapplenibbleseize with teeth, snap atTo snap off. (references)
Etymologies containing "bite off": Premorse. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Bite Off

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Books

  • A Bite Off Mama's Plate: Mothers' and Daughters' Connections Through Food (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Bite Off

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Don't Bite Off More Than You Can Chew : Smokeless Doesn't Mean Harmless!.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Bite Off

Expression using "bite off": bite off more than one can chew. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Bite Off

Language Translations for "bite off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kafshoj (bite, champ, nip, snap at). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قضم (bite, bite into, bite nails, biting, champ, chew, crush, gnaw, munch, nibble, prey, snap, worry at). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

отхапвам (gnaw off, snap off, take a bite). (various references)

   

Czech

  

kousek èeho (gob). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

afbýten. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

demordi. (various references)

   

French

  

arracher d'un coup de dent. (various references)

   

German

  

abbeißen (snap off). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל 'וס (bite into, inroad, inroads, nibble). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

leharap (to bite off, to nibble, to snap off). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

噛み切る (to bite off, to gnaw through). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かみきる (to bite off, to gnaw through). (various references)

   

Manx

  

greimmey (adhere, adherence, adherence of person, adhesion, attach, bite, catch, clutch, fishing tackle, grab, grasp, grip, gripping, hold, jam, lock in, monopolization, nab, pin on, seize, seizing, snap, snatch, snatch away, snatching, stick, stitch, stitch up, tooth). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

itebay offay

   

Romanian

  

se angaja la ceva care-i depãşeşte puterile (bite off more than one can chew), fi lacom (bite off more than one can chew, gluttonize). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

отгрызать (gnaw off). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

odgristi. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

arrancar con los dientes. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bita av. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ısırmak (bite, champ, nibble, nip, savage, snap, sting), ısırıp koparmak (snap off). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

відкусувати. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Bite Off

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-f-f-i-o-t"

-2 letters: befit, boite.

-3 letters: biff, bite, boff, fief, fife, obit, teff, tiff, toff.

-4 letters: bet, bio, bit, bot, eff, eft, fet, fib, fie, fit, fob, foe, iff, obe, obi, off, oft, tie, toe.

-5 letters: be, bi, bo, ef, et, if, it, oe, of, ti, to.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-f-f-i-o-t"
 

+4 letters: forfeitable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Bite Off


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 69 74 65      4F 66 66

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101001 01110100 01100101 00100000 01001111 01100110 01100110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#105 &#116 &#101 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#102

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0069 0074 0065      004F 0066 0066

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

367586712497272

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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